The Role of Fish Communities in Water Quality Management of a Large Shallow Lake

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 498-507

  Tátrai, István ^a   Paulovits, Gábor ^a   Mátyás, Kálmán ^b   Korponai, János ^b  

^a BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b West Transdanubian Water Authority   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fish community; Lake Balaton; Lake management; Trophic state; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY;

HUNGARY;

ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0141862193     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200310663     Document Type: Article

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